Buy a Powerball ticket in Lexington? You may be $50M richer

BOSTON -- A winning Powerball ticket was sold at a gas station in Lexington, making someone $50 million richer Thursday morning. The winner has not come forward yet, Lottery officials said.

When they do they will have the option of a $33 million lump sum or taking the payout over 30 years.

Owners of the Lexington Shell Gas Station on Waltham Street will get $50,000 for selling the ticket - the only winner sold in the multi-state drawing. This is the second time the Massachusetts Lottery has sold the winning Powerball ticket since the game was launched here. In June, 2011, Jimmy Freeman, a retired Navy civilian worker from Fall River, won a $25.6 million prize.

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